Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum

General Category => Cars For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Mr Manhattan on November 25, 2016, 04:02:17 AM

Title: 54 Kaiser
Post by: Mr Manhattan on November 25, 2016, 04:02:17 AM

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/5875096782.html

Power steering & Brakes )))

Title: Re: 54 Kaiser
Post by: r1lark on November 25, 2016, 07:08:22 AM

Well optioned car -- power steering and power brakes. Not that I'm any expert (just know about Kaisers what I've learned from Mike Fleming and from this forum) but that is the first picture I've seen of a Kaiser with a Bendix Hydrovac. Is this a valid factory option, or was it possibly added later?

Also interesting that the Crown Victoria is a natural gas fueled car, and a Police Interceptor to boot (or, at least has a police interceptor badge).

Title: Re: 54 Kaiser
Post by: joefrazer on November 25, 2016, 08:40:19 AM

The Bendix unit is correct for this car - I have an NOS unit that looks the same. Somewhere in its life the car lost its supercharger as well as it's power steering pulley and gained an unusual oil filter.

I've driven a Kaiser with Bendix power brakes and it takes some getting used to.

Title: Re: 54 Kaiser
Post by: Fid on November 25, 2016, 10:51:02 AM

It has a 2 gauge ground cable on the battery.  Replacing that with an original type 1 gauge will help the starting. In a couple of those pictures, the car looks a lot like a Ford squad car!  ;) ;)